Butterwick · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Butterwick

How families and households are made up across the area.

Nearly every home in Butterwick is shared, with 3.1 people per household on average. This makes it a place of large households where living alone is almost non-existent.

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📍 Butterwick, Suburb / Locality

Where Butterwick sits — Average household size

3.1
  • 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
  • 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
  • 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
  • 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
  • 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
  • 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
  • 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
  • 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
  • 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
  • 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
  • 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
  • 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
  • 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
  • 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
  • 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
  • 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
  • 3.9–4.0: 258 areas

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Butterwick — higher than 88% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Butterwick3.1
2321, NSW 2.8
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are larger than the national figure of 2.5 people, with 44.1% of households containing two people and 30.5% holding four. Notably, 0.0% of people live alone, which is far below the New South Wales rate of 25%.

3.1

Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.9
  • 2021: 3.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 6.8%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Butterwick, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 4 people (34%) and 3 people (6%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 58.9% of families in the area. This is reflected in the low number of one-parent families, at just 5.1%, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.

5.1%

Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 5.3%
  • 2021: 5.1%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Butterwick, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 34%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Butterwick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10723/butterwick/topic/family-households